Zhejiang court sentences US citizen to death for homicide

Shadeed Abdulmateen, a United States citizen charged with intentional homicide, was sentenced to death in a first-instance trial on Thursday, according to a judgment statement from the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang province.

According to the court, in early 2019, the defendant Abdulmateen, who worked as a teacher at a college in Ningbo, met the victim, a woman surnamed Chen. He falsely claimed that he was divorced and single and gradually established a relationship with Chen.

During mid-to-late May 2021, Chen attempted to break up with Abdulmateen several times but he refused and threatened her verbally.